She speaks in this interview with JULIANA FRANCIS on declining women’s participation in politics and other issues:
Browsing: gender equality
The hybrid event on Wednesday was well attended by mostly female employees and other invited guests of the company.
In a message personally signed by him Monday to mark the International Women’s Day 2022, Atiku pleaded to government and relevant non-governmental actors to sustain the advocacy for “gender equality towards guaranteeing a sustainable tomorrow for our world”.
In a message personally signed by him Monday to mark the International Women’s Day 2022, Atiku pleaded to government and relevant non-governmental actors to sustain the advocacy for “gender equality towards guaranteeing a sustainable tomorrow for our world”.
The group launched the report at an online event on Wednesday.
“As an ambassador for women advancement and a worthy HEforSHE Champion, your passion for gender balance and equity in recent appointment of 12 female permanent secretaries cannot be overemphasised,” Tallen said in a commendation letter to the Governor.
US women national football team co-captains Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe say they are undaunted in spite of being shocked after a court dismissed their team’s claims for equal pay.Us
A Women’s Rights Activist, Hajia Yetunde Jatto, has advised the Kwara State Commissioner for Enterprise, Femi Whyte, to offer public apology for insulting a female politician in the state.
Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, a member of Standard Bank Group, has pledged to continue promoting the tenets of gender equality.
It’s 3pm, that time of day right after lunch, just before the afternoon work mode is activated. Four of my female colleagues are huddled together, chitchatting about work-life issues – kids, hospital visits, homework, social events, deadlines etc.
Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, Chief Executive Officer, FirstBank Nigeria, has restated the bank’s commitment to continue promoting an enabling environment for women to thrive and reach their maximum career potential.
The United Nations International Children’s Education Fund says gender equality means: “That women and men, girls and boys, enjoy the same rights, resources, opportunities and protections. It does not require that girls and boys, or women and men, be the same, or that they be treated exactly alike.”
Ambassador of Denmark and EU Gender Champion in Nigeria, Jasper Kamp, has urged the National Assembly and other stakeholders to ensure passage of the Gender and Equal Opportunity Bill in Nigeria.
Maria Sharapova has offered a dim view of male players’ support for gender equality in tennis.
Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, says 60 per cent of 10.5 million out-of-school children in Nigeria are girls.
This gender equality bill was sponsored by Senator Biodun Olujimi representing Ekiti-South Senatorial District, with the aim of achieving equal treatment legislation, gender mainstreaming (integration of the gender perspective into all other policies), specific measures for the advancement of women, equal access to education, the strengthening of laws on violence against women, ending abduction of girls, sustenance and promotion of entrepreneurship opportunities among others
“The Bill would have addressed discriminatory practices against women, access to education, female entrepreneurship development, participation in governance, decision making and protection against violence
Deme, who was represented by Anne Ikpeme, Senior Gender Expert, disclosed that the Democratic Governance for Development (DGD) project was a joint donor funded initiative managed by UNDP